The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-19

In all, the remains OF 0UU,UUU men VINO
fought for the stars and stripes find guarded
graves in our national cemeteries. Two
cemeteries are mainly devoted to the brave
men who persisted in the prisons of the same
Andersonville, Ga, which contains
IS, IA graves, and Salisbury, with its IL, 1876
dead, of whom II, OBJ are unknown.
OF the vast number who are inferred in
our national cemeteries 275, 900 sleep beneath
the soil of Southern States, and 145, 900 rest
in graves marked unknown.
The total number of men furnished to the
Federal army by the United States during
the war under all calls was 26SS, 523. The
total number of colored troops in the North
ern army was l23. 1856. The heaviest loss by
disease was suffered by the colored troops
while but 2,997 died in action and of
wounds, the enormously large number OF
26. 304 died Of disease. Among the white
troops the proportion of deaths in action and
from wounds 10 the deaths from disease was
about as | to 2; among the colored troops as
toS. OF the colored troops enlisted | out
of every died of disease The proportion
among the white troops was 1 to Is.
Now, that we are brushing UP these fig
ures. il will he well enough to remember
how many men were furnished byn to-
State, and The following list will s5rphans
@ lasr,fors and moths ., Whit d. you think
of these fatherless and motherless little
ones? No hand at home to take care of their
apparel, no heart to pity them. Said one
cS;lle one, when the mother died: who
New IKE care of my clothes now" The lit
New Jeare thrown out in this great, cold
Pennsylvaisy are shivering on the brink
Delaware. the verge of precipice. Does
Maryiia,nd = run cold as they go over it!
mesr III r,ooIumther group that come on
D SiI.,''' VI "O''''- ice They are the chill
Indiana. ..... lrents. They are worse
Illinois ......... aOk at that pale cheek
Michigan .............s at that gash across
WISCONSIN,. ..............n struck il. Hear
nlnnesoIa '''''''''''''''' drunken mothers
Iowa. ............--.. nd .s,a co,,,a ,,,t
Missouri ............... D'Il III In ya'
Kentucky ................ peeled aud dis
1.-THE path
Total. ............ ....'..'.''''''..'1't stop.
In the number of her sons sacrpd we
the cause Of the Union, Vermont led is
other States by heavy per cent, within
exception OF Kansas. .
Velmont's proportion per 900 contrib
uted 10 the total Of deaths in action was
81. 22, that Of Ohio 36. 55, that of New York
30 S. Massachusetts was 4776, Iowa 45. "A.
In the proportion per 1 200 of deaths from
disease, Iowa led with a percentage Of
l1402, and Vermont followed with 9l.Si.
Ohio's percentage was AS. SO. The proportion
Of deaths from all causes in the troops of
each State was as follows: Maine, | in z; New
Hampshire, in z; Vermont, in O.: Massa-
chusetts, in o: Rhode Island, l in IL; Con
necticut, In 10; New York. l in ~; New
Jersey, in ~; Pennsylvania, in IL; Della
ware in 20; Maryland, in 26; Ohio 1 in
o: Indiana, IN q; Illinois, ] in Z; Michigan,
in g; Wisconsin, in Z; Minnesota, in 3;
Iowa, / in (neariy y; Kansas, / in 5; Cal
ifornia, in 20; West Virginia, in 8; Ken
tupkv 1 IN 10. Miseouri 1 in .
Again, the young men must not forget, as
they read Of the great battles of history,
that few Of them can compare in magni-
tude with the greatest battles of the civil
war, and that the battles of that war were
the bloodiest in all the history Of wars In
the proportion Of killed TO those engaged
Waterloo was one Of the most desperate and
bloody fields chronicled in European his
tory, and yet Weljington's casualties wore
less than ~ per cent, his losses being 2,4S2
killed etsd p5a wounded out OF over 100000
men, white at Shiloh one side lost III killed
and wounded 9,740 out of $4,000, while their
opponents report their killed and wounded
as b,6i6, making the casualties about 30 per
cent. At the great battle Of Wagram
Napoleon last but about 5 per cent, At
lVurzburg the French lost but 81 per cent,
and yet the army gave mp the field and re-
treated 70 the Rhine.
At Racour Marshal SAKE lost hut ~ per
cent. ht Zurich Massena lost but 8 per
cent. At Lagriz Frederick lost but 81 per
per cent. At Malplaquet marlborough lost